The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-12-10
Maryland Affairs.

4 Haserstown will have free mail delivery o.
JhsSgary lst
AnnaraoIis now rsioices in having four dali
mails to and>from Baltimore
C. f. Rowe, orc>. Emmitsburg, has bee,
appointed tax eollector>sof Frederick county
Salisbury is lighted by electric lights. Tn,
dynamos were first started on Tuesday night
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal will be csssse,
in few days. No bills of ladng will be
issued after 70 day.
Captains ri four oyster schooners paid $50
fine each at Annapolis last Saturday, for
having uncuIied oysters on board.
A special meeting of the directors of the
of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad is to be
held in Baltimore to day. when, it is said Vice.
President Spencer will be chosen President.
James Wallace, of Baltimore, and Samuel
Ellis, of Washington, both colored, fought a
prize fight on Monday in the southern part of
Washington. 1t was pure smuggling match.
Wallace was beaten in the thirty seventh
round, though prior to that time he appeared
to be in the best condition.
There we're 152 deaths in BALTIC. last week.
of the old persons who died Michael LYONS
was 101 years old, Mrs. Henrietta Dysenfurth
90, Mrs. Catharine Brennan 81, Mrs. Eliza.
beth Donnelly 81, Andrew Hacker So, VIM.
II. Williams so, Mrs. Mary A. Schwing 80,
Mrs. Mary Downs, colored, 90.
Secretary of State lie Compile has prepar
ed list of members of the Legislature for
the use of the comptroller. The political
complexion of the General Assembly is, as
follows: Senate % democrats, republi.
cans. House-71 Democrats, 20 Republicans.
Democratic majority on joint ballot, SO.
The first steps were taken on Saturday
looking TO the establishment of fair grounds
and trotting course near Chestertown. TWEEN
ty.five acres of beautiful level land, located
just outside the town limits, have been secur.
ed upon lease for ten years, and the lease.
hold papers have been signed and delivered.
Gov. Lloyd has issued warrant for a
special election for a county commissioner of
Calvert county, and Sheriff Hance has ap-
pointed Wednesday, the 14th of December,
as the day for the election. The election is
necessitated by tie at the recent election
between David |. Bowen, DEM, and James
N. Duke, republican.
Reports from all parts of Washington coun-
ty show that many people are being put to
considerable Inconvenience by the scarcity
of water The streams are all very low, and
many wells that have not failed for years are
now dry. If winter should set in without
heavy rains to replenish the supply many
persons will have trouble to get water to
supply their stock.
Rowles Peddicord, young son of Mrs.
Mary Peddicord, was accidentally shot by an
older brother f. A. Peddicord, while hunting
near Cooksville, in the fourth district Of
Howard county, on Monday. The latter
fired at covey Of birds, and Rowles, running
in the line of aim, received a portion of the
charge in the face and shoulder. One shot
pierced one of his eyelids, but the ball was
unhurt.
The Easton Star states that A. j. Willis,
convicted on four indictments for robbing and
burning the Easton Paper Mill, and sentenc-
ed to Is years in the penitentiary, has confess
sed his guilt, and stated that he and an
accompice had other jobs under discussion.
One was to rob Mr.. J. l.. Walkers store,
another was to murder Mr.. Z. Green, and
the last but biggest job was to rob the Easton
Bank and murder Gen. Thomas, the cashier,
if he refused to surrender the keys of the
vault
The large barn of Mr.. William Russell, in
Baltimore county, short distance from Al
berton, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
was entirely destroyed by fire on Thursday
night of last week. Among the contents con.
sumed in the building were seven head of
cattle, II tons of hay, four tons of
rye straw, so barrels of corn, 40 bushels of
rye, IA new four. horse wagon, grain drill, fan
ming mill, lot of fodder and quantity of
small farm utensils, aggregating loss of
about 81, 500.
The citizens of Allegany county are arran-
ying for large mass meeting and to memo
ralize congress for an appropriation to the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Those who
have the matter in charge propose to make
the meeting big one and to give the appeal
10 Congress all possible force. 1t is proposed
TO send iffitations to prominent men in the
other canal -ounties of Maryland and the
District of Columbia, and to secure for the
occasion some promneksp speakers well vers-
ed in the canals history mScondition. 1t
is urged that Congress. can and sH4ld appro
pirate, say, $500, 900 or $500, 900 to thecanal
much more properly than to many cress.
harbors, &C., which now receive goverH-
ment aid